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09 Jan 2007
A man was arrested yesterday after the victim of a burglary recognised his own property on eBay.
Danial Rangkar was arrested on Monday for possession of stolen property after advertising a GPS unit on the popular auction site.
A victim of a burglary, who was looking to replace his stolen GPS unit, recognised it online after Rangkar included the device's serial number and a photo of the unit in his advert.
The $800 Garmin unit was stolen from his car on 20 December but had a unique power cord that he recognised. He had also kept the serial number which matched that in the advert.
"Unbelievable as it seems, he was in the bidding to buy his own stolen GPS," Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice told Associated Press.
Rangkar runs a second-hand store in Queens, New York and a police raid revealed up to $50,000 of stolen electronics, including laptops stamped with 'Property of St. John's University', digital cameras and iPods.
The man traded on eBay under the name 'nydannysjewlery' and was rated a 'power seller' because of the volume of sales he made. In line with its security policy eBay has now pulled the site.
Rangkar pleaded not guilty to charges of criminal possession of stolen property and scheming to defraud, and was ordered to pay bail of $50,000 and had to surrender his passport.
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I was looking through Ebay the other morning and came across a Baseball heirloom of my Families that was stolen about one year prior. I immediately contacted the local Police and had them contact Ebay, as I also did to report the item stolen. Ebay said "they would look into it", but also said it would take 5-10 days to gather the information. The auction was only for 7 days, I found it on the second day. The sellers registered on Feb 28, 2007 and posted the item on March 4, 2007. They are only selling one item and have waited almost 1 year to finally try to sell it. Ebay is less than forthcoming with the information requested by the Detective, and the customer support seems to follow the line of, that is a legal issue, write to us and we will look into it, or the Security Department will assist the Law Enforcement officials in any way they can. Yet still, the auction remains, bidding continues, and no real action has been taken. The Detective even created an account on Ebay so he could contact the sellers to advise them they were in possession of stolen goods, but still no action has taken place.
Posted by: Jeff Bartosch 10 Mar 2007